Week 4: Assignment 1

1.    What gaming elements provide users the learning content and how? (Refer to the journal article page 4).

The game I chose to focus on is Roblox, it is known as the largest social platform game in which gamers can interact with various players and create their own game in using the propriety engine Roblox Studio. Players are able to buy, sell virtual items, essentially the game promotes entrepreneurship and building communities. According the parent guide, the game promotes the constructism theory in which children learn effectively through building.

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In order to sell products, players must interact with the community through message boards. In addition, players receive notifications of products on leaderboards. Children must use creativity in order to advance and complete challenges in addition to the textual information they receive to expand.

Visual-graphic elements:

Students play the game through first person perspectives and develop unique players, by developing creative items, players receive robux (virtual money) in which they may utilize to purchase additional skills and materials.

Audio elements:

Players have the ability to speak directly to their opponents and develop business relationships with players. By incorporating an audio element, students are able to work on the oral skills. Audio elements can be turned off and adjusted for privacy purposes.

2.    What is the goal of the game?

The goal of the game is to build a virtual community similar to SIMS, however with a bigger focus on building creative tools and business relationships to obtain robux. The more robux students have, the more tools they can purchase to invest in their business and skills.

3.    What are rules of playing this game?

The basic rules of the game are to build your own game using positive language and content. Each player can develop special rules for their respective games i.e. do not steal a flag.

4.    Does this game have any scenario design? (Refer to the journal article page 5.) If yes, is this a fabricated or embedded in curriculum-related content?

The scenario design used in this game is embedded in curriculum related content. According to the article, these games “affects players’ knowledge attainment in a particular domain”. The more players engaged in the game, the more knowledge and skills a player achieves.